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NEVIN OAKLEY FARNSWORTH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1948 – October 21, 1969
Service recordNevin Oakley Farnsworth JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 104
- DALE EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- JAMES DOUGLAS TRAYLORCorporal · October 21, 1969
- CRAIG HOWARD WEBERSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM BUEL BISHOP IISergeant · October 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH GAGE HAVENSSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 101
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.